Car-replacer.



No. 738,632. PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

W. SGHOTT & W; EWER.

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WILLIAM SCHOTT AND WILLIAM EWER, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 738,632, dated September 8, 1903. Application filed June 9, 1903. Serial No. 160,776. (No model.)

To 0. whom/it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM SCHOTT and WILLIAM EWER, citizens of the United States, residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Oar-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-replacers, and is of the type wherein two interchangeable companion devices. are employed to simultaneously coact with the wheels.

The object of the iuventionis to provide a device which can be applied toa railroadcross-section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1-. Fig. 4. Fig.. 4

track in sucha manner as to efiectuallyinsure aderaile'd wheel being replaced, the construction being arranged so that the wheel in riding'up its guide toward the rail causes the replacers to hug closely and grip on the track.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pair of replacing devices which can be arranged to either replace a wheelon the right or left hand track, each replacer having exactly the same characteristics in every respect, except that the grooves are arranged on opposite sides of a medial line.

With these several objects in view we will describe the invention in detail and point out particularlyin the claims the features which are deemed novel.

In the drawings, Figure .1 is atop plan view illustrating a pair of wheels as having run 0d the right-hand side of the track and the replacers arranged to guide the wheels to the tracks. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing the wheels on the left of the tracks and the replacers arranged accordingly.- Fig. 3 is a is a similar viewon the line 4 4, Fig. 1. 5 is avertical section of. one of the replacers. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a replacer.

The same characters refer to likeparts in all the figures. 2

As both of the replacers are the same in construction, we will describe but one in de-' tail. I

The body of the replacer is indicated at 1, and its upper surface is inclined upwardly, as at'l, toward the highest point, where a horizontal shelf 2 is formed, grooves 3 being formed in the under side for lightness. The

.shelf is a shallow groove 28.

bottom of the body portion is flat and is provided at appropriate points with spurs 4 to bite into the ties to steady and hold. the replacer when in use. The lowest point 6 of the surface 1 is in close proximity with the top of the ties, and radiating from about the center thereof and diverging to about the opposite edges of the beginning of the shelf 2 are two grooves 7 and 8. The groove 8 extends across the shelf 2 at 9 to the outer end thereof, while groove 7 terminates at the commencement of said shelf. A third! groove 10 begins approximately half-way between the edge of the surface 1 and groove 8, and runs in the same plane as the latter, and it merges into said groove 8 near its upper end, but before shelf 2 is reached. Located intermediate the grooves 7 and 8 is a V-shaped guide 12,the front point 13 of which is elevated from the surface 1** and from which it gradually rounds and tapers ed to the surface just in advance of the shelf.

On the sides of the body portion 1 are formed overhanging lips 15 and 16, whose upper surfaces are slightly below the level of the shelf. Inasmuch as the upper surfaces of the lips 15 and 16 are horizontal and are nearly on a level with the top'ot' the incline surface of body portion 1, obviously there will be deep vertical walls 17 and 18,

which gradually taper away to nothing. The

lips 15 and 16 have depending flanges 19,

which fit over the rails, while longitudinal ribs 21 are formed on the outside of the vertical walls 17 and 18 to fit the grooves in the sides of the rails.

The shelf 2 is an important part of our invention, and its construction is to be particularly emphasized. As stated, this shelf is at the upper end of the inclined surface 1, and it is only separated on one side from the upper surface of the lip 16 by the extended portion 9 of groove 8. The opposite edge of the shelf'is rounded'ofi at 27 and terminates on a linewith the outer side of the vertical wall 17, and at the junction of the wall 17 and the It will be observed, then,that the lip 15 terminates some littledistance behind the front of the shelf, the object being to form a guide, as at 29, between the rail 30 and the rounded portion 27.

30 the latter cannot be well removed.

5 wheel passing along in groove 28.

In operation, referring now to Fig. 1,'the lip of a replacer A is fitted over the rail 30, while the lip 16 of a second replacer is fitted over the companion rail 33. Suppos- 5 ing the wheels to have been derailed as shown in this figure, they are started forward, and they readily roll up the inclined surface, eventually finding their way--wheel O the groove 7 in replacer A and wheel D one or 10 the other of the grooves 8 or 10 of replacer B.

The wheel 0 will be directed toward the space 29, where its flange will roll therein and its tread will engage the rail 30, While the flange of wheel D will be carried by the groove 9 to 5 the inside of rail 33, and when the end of shelf 2 is reached its tread will be in line with rail 33. Should the wheels be derailed as shown in Fig. 2, obviously the same operation takes place, except in a reverse manner,

as will be readily understood.

A replacer thus constructed affords a device which when positioned to replace one pair of derailed wheels of a truck will not have to be removed to permit the passage of the companion set of whe'elsthat isto say,

0 lieved the construction and advantages of our invention will be readily comprehended by thoselskilled in the art to which it appertains.

What we claim as new is 1. A car-replacer comprising a body portion 5 having diverging grooves, a shelf at the upper end of said body portion,one of the grooves extending out and terminating at the end of said shelf while the other groove terminates at'the beginning of the shelf, and lips on each side the body portion to adapt the replacer to either a right or left railroad-track, one side of the shelf terminating a'short distance from one of the lips to form a space adjacenta coacting track, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pair of wheelreplacers,each of which consists of a body portion having an inclined surface with grooves and a shelf, a lip on each side of the body portion, one of said lips terminating behind the shelf, While the other one extends to and terminates with the end of the shelf, one of the grooves terminating where the shelf and the flange behind it terminates, while the other groove extends out to and terminates with the outer end' of the shelf, one lip of each replacer fitting over a respective railroad-track, for directing a flange of a wheel over a track and directing the flange of a companion wheel to a space inside of a track formed by the shelf terminating adjacent thereto, substantially as described.

3. Acar-replacer comprisingabodyportion having two diverging grooves, a shelf, one of said grooves terminating at the beginning of the shelf while the other terminates at the outer end of the shelf, a third groove in a plane with and merging into the groove which terminates at the outer end of the shelf, a lip on each side the body portion for engaging a railroad-track, the lip adjacent the shelf terminating at the beginning of the latter, the edge of the shelf next the said lip being rounded to form a space between it and a track when the replacer is in use, substantially as described.

4. A car-wheel replacer comprisinga body portion which has an inclined upper surface, a shelf formed at the upper end of said inclined upper surface, two diverging grooves in said inclined surface, a lip each side the body portion to engage a railroad-track, the upper planes of the lips being below and separated from the top of the shelf, and a guide on t the inclined surface intermediate the grooves,

substantially as described.

In testimonywhereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM soHoTT; WILLIAM EWER.

' Witnesses:

. WM. L. LANDON, DANIEL, HEIMs. 

